University of Michigan legal experts can comment on war powers and target killing operations in the aftermath of the death of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Julian Davis Mortenson is a professor of law, focusing on constitutional and international law. He co-authored "Executive Power and National Security Power" in which the authors take a comprehensive look at the evolution of presidential power from the U.S. Constitution until the George W. Bush presidency. “The House resolution emphasizes the congressional role in the decisions about the use of force. It seeks to establish that the pPresident’s action does not set a constitutional precedent.”

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Monica Hakimi, the James V. Campbell Professor of Law, teaches and writes in the fields of public international law and U.S. foreign relations law. She can discuss U.S. war powers, the U.N. Charter, the use of force across national borders and target killing operations.

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For a full list of experts updated as of Friday, Jan. 10, 4 pmhttps://news.umich.edu/implications-of-soleimanis-death-u-m-experts-can-discuss/ 

Also, University of Michigan experts Juan Cole and Michael Traugott address the repercussions and long-term implications of the killing of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani in both the Middle East and the United States: https://news.umich.edu/crisis-in-the-middle-east-u-m-experts-discuss-impact/